Chairman and former CEO · Paychex, Inc. (PAYX)

Martin Mucci

A named executive officer of Paychex in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2023 to FY2026. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2026

$467,573

FY2023: $14,442,172

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed September 4, 2026 (DEF 14A).

Martin Mucci compensation by year

Paychex Summary Compensation Table · all 2 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Paychex reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2023FY2026
Salary$454,808$195,000
Bonus$0—
Stock awards$10,441,146$136,322
Option awards$3,393,468$136,251
Non-equity incentive$0—
Pension and deferred compensation$0—
All other$152,750$0
Total$14,442,172$467,573

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Paychex, Inc. DEF 14A filed September 4, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-382805, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$14.4M
$468K
FY23
FY26
SalaryStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Paychex discloses, by trigger · FY2023
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Retirement—$5,130,383—$5,130,383

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Paychex, Inc.'s FY2023 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Paychex’s named executive officers, FY2026

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2026 total
John GibsonPresident and CEO$10,274,543
Robert SchraderSVP and CFO$3,359,326
Adam AnteSVP of HCM$2,827,765
Ryan BergstromChief Product and Technology Officer$2,785,790
Chad ParodiSVP of HR & Benefits Services$2,455,364
Martin Mucci · this pageChairman and former CEO$467,573

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